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Ms. Yolanda Vilchez Level A2 2nd grade

READING COMPREHENSION 1
Read the text and circle the best choice
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READING COMPREHENSION 2
Ms. Yolanda Vilchez Level A2 2nd grade

READ CAREFULLY THE TEXT AND WRITE ( A ) IF THE SENTENCES IS CORRECT AND (B) IF IT IS INCORRECT
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Ms. Yolanda Vilchez Level A2 2nd grade

READING COMPREHENSION 3 Name __________________________________

Read the text. Select the answer that best completes each sentence based on the reading. (20p)
The Sit-Com
A “sit-com” is a popular type of comedy television show. The term “sit-com” is an abbreviation for “situation
comedy.” In each episode a regular cast of characters experience funny situations and events within a continuing
storyline—the larger story continues from one episode to the next. The characters on the sit-com share some
common experience, such as being members of a family, co-workers in an office or other workplace, students in a
classroom, roommates, neighbors, or friends.
Usually the dialog is funny, and can include jokes, sarcasm, and irony. Some lines characters say or situations
they find themselves in are repeated in numerous episodes for a humorous effect. The actors contribute to the
comedy with their delivery of lines and jokes, and acting. Some sitcoms include physical comedy, which involves
movement and actors exaggerate this as appropriate to the situation.
Sit-coms are popular in English speaking countries, including Australia, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand,
and the United States. They are also popular in Europe and in China. One very popular Chinese sit-com about family
life, called Home With Kids, filmed 350 episodes! And in Turkey a sit-com called Mothers-in-law, about typical Turkish
family life, was on TV for 30 years. Like China and Turkey, some countries produce their own sit-coms. Many countries
also broadcast ones from other countries.
Several comedians from the U.S. have starred in sit-coms after they have become famous as stand-up
comedians. The best-known comedian who has done this is probably Jerry Seinfeld. His sit-com was called Seinfeld
and it ran for nine years. The sitcom’s characters were Seinfeld and his three close friends.
Comedian Bill Cosby starred in the family sit-com The Cosby Show. The show was developed from Cosby’s
stand-up routines in which he talked a lot about the humorous situations of family life. The show’s character’s
included Cosby, a wife, and five children. The sit-com was successful and ran for eight years.
Sit-coms are often filmed in a studio with a live audience. Viewers watching the show on TV often hear the
laughter of the studio audience at funny points in the episode. When there is no live audience, studios can use
recorded laughter, called a “laugh track.” Many sit-coms in the U.S. include laughter, whether it is recorded live or
is from a laugh track. Around the world, the inclusion of laughter in sit-coms varies.
With slight differences across countries, the sit-com continues to be a popular form of television
entertainment in many parts of the world.

11. The abbreviation sit-com means ____.

a. physical comedy b. situation comedy c. silent comedy
12. Sit-coms have regular characters and a continuing ____.
a. storyline b. episode c. running joke
13. The ____ on a sit-com may be a family, co-workers, or neighbors.
a. actors b. comedians c. characters
14. Characters may repeat certain lines over a number of episodes for ____ effect.
a. dramatic b. laugh track c. humorous
15. One ____ sit-com about family life filmed 350 episodes.
a. Turkish b. Chinese c. Canadian
16. A Turkish sit-com about family life was on television for 30 ____.
a. years b. episodes c. weeks
17. Several comedians in the U.S. starred in sit-coms ____ they were famous as stand-up comedians.
a. before b. when c. after
18. Comedian Bill Cosby’s sit-com was about humorous situations in ____.
a. city life b. family life c. a doctor’s office
19. Not all sit-coms include recorded ____.
a. jokes b. music c. laughter
20. Some sit-coms are filmed in a studio with ____.
a. a live audience b. television critics c. comedians